Reports said a Boling Road resident confronted Huddleston while he was inside the resident’s Jeep. He was reportedly armed with a hunting knife, but ran from the resident before Deputy Jason Leach arrived about 4:30 p.m.

However, when Leach called out to Huddleston, he ran again. Leach used his canine partner to track Huddleston to Chestnut Avenue, which is inside the Lake City city limits.

Reports said while tracking Huddleston, the dispatcher radioed that she had received a 911 call from a resident on Chestnut reporting a man had “forced himself into her home.”

Deputies surrounded the house and found Huddleston underneath a tarp next to the deck and rear door, reports said. Deputies reportedly put Huddleston on the ground but also noticed a large knife in the waistband of his jeans.

Huddleston reportedly put his hands under his stomach in an attempt to keep deputies from putting him in handcuffs.

The 47-year-old victim and her 76-year-old father were inside the house when Huddleston came inside her kitchen. She reportedly saw a large knife in his waistband and screamed, “Get the hell out of my house.”

She told deputies she moved toward Huddleston and he backed out of the kitchen door. She reportedly slammed and locked the door, and then called 911.

According to the report, Leach returned to Boling Road and talked to the resident who told him he had been gone since about 5:30 a.m. and activated his video surveillance system. When he returned at 4:30 p.m., he found Huddleston inside his Jeep.

Leach saw a broken window at the victim’s home and a dolly and headboard from a bed broken on the front porch. He also found other items on the porch including a wallet containing Huddleston’s personal information, as well as family pictures with Huddleston included. He also found a diabetic bag with syringes, used syringes, a woman’s purse, binoculars, a broken necklace, as well as other items.

In addition, he found footprints on doors where Huddleston allegedly kicked them. Inside the Jeep, Leach reportedly found the gas pedal broken and carpet ripped up, and scuffs and footprints on the back seat.

The victim’s surveillance video shows Huddleston arriving at the victim’s home at about 7 a.m., shows him “hitting, throwing objects and pulling/pushing” at the windows and “committing the crime from 7:08 a.m. through approximately 4:30 p.m.”

Huddleston was taken to the Anderson County jail.

Beverly Majors can be contacted at (865) 220-5514.

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